Vaishampayana Vaishampayana (Sanskrit: वैशंपायन, Vaiśampāyana) was one of the three to whom the the Indian epic Mahabharata was first narrated by the composer of the epic, Vyasa, in the form of Jaya. He became the first narrator of the epic to humans, when he narrated it to Janamejaya, the great…
Vardhakshemi Vardhakshemi belonged to the Vrishni race, fought along side Yudhishthira. On the 12th day of war The noble Kripa, son of Sharadwata, with many small arrows resisted Vardhakshemi of the Vrishni race who was the embodiment of wrath (in battle). They that looked at Kripa, son of Sharadwata, with…
Varuna In Mahabharata Varuna is one of the four Dikpalakas – the others being Indra, Yama and Kubera. He is also the lord of waters. His Sabha is described by Narada to Yudhishthira as follows: Varuna Sabha Yama Sabha, called Pushkaramalini, is described by Narada to Yudhishthira when the former…
Vasishtha Vasishtha (Sanskrit: वसिष्ठ, IAST: vasiṣṭha) is a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism. He is one of the Saptarishis (seven great Rishis) of India. Vasishtha is credited as the chief author of Mandala 7 of Rigveda. Vasishtha and his family are mentioned in Rigvedic verse 10.167.4, other Rigvedic mandalas and in many Vedic texts. His ideas have been influential and he was called as the…
Vasu Vasu was another name of king Uparichara of Chedi. The Vasus are attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. The Ashta Vasus are described in the Ramayana as the children of Kashyapa and Aditi and in the Mahabharata as the sons of Manu or Brahma Prajapati. They are eight…
Vasudeva Vasudeva (Devanagari वसुदेव, IAST Vasudeva), also called Ānakadundubhi (“Drum”, after the sound of drums heard at the time of his birth), was the father of Krishna, his eighth son who was an Avatar of Vishnu, and his siblings Balarama and Subhadra. He was king of the Vrishnis and a Yadava prince. He was the son of the Yadava king Shurasena.…
Vedic Cosmology In Vedic Cosmology, the universe is cyclically created and destroyed. The timeline suggested in Vedas and Puranas is considered by some to be the closest to modern scientific timelines. It suggests that the Big Bang is not the beginning of everything, but is just the start of a present cycle preceded by…